[Tagging] Perimeter of a pitch

[Dave F]

Have you not checked the OSM wiki for pitch?

DaveF

On 21/05/2023 21:08, Raphael wrote:
> Hello everyone
>
> Does the area outside the sidelines of a pitch up a board, a fence, a
> change in surface or similar belong to a pitch (sports field) or not?
> I'm asking because there's [some disagreement][^1] about how to map
> `leisure=pitch`: [like this][^2] or [like this][^3]?
>
> Unfortunately, Wikipedia is unclear: in the article on [out of
> bounds][^4] it says that 'the sidelines are the white or colored lines
> which mark the outer boundaries of a sports field'. However, the
> article on [pitch][^5] states that 'the field of play generally
> includes out-of-bounds areas that a player is likely to enter while
> playing a match'.
>
> Best regards
> Raphael
>
> [^1]: https://lists.openstreetmap.ch/pipermail/talk-ch/2023-May/011920.html
> [^2]: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/46.00564/8.96361
> [^3]: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/46.93564/7.42376
> [^4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_bounds
> [^5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_(sports_field)
>
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